Description
A vulnerability has been identified in Siemens License Server (SLS) (All versions < V5.1). The affected application is vulnerable to a local privilege escalation due to an insecure sudoers policy. This could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands and plant malicious files as root, leading to full system compromise.
References1
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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6.0
MEDIUM
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - CVSS 4.0
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8.3
HIGH
Score source: CNA
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 7 · as of 12 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-732
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